To iterate; quote, 'You can't put something in to a dog, but you sure can take a whole lot out.' end quote
You can not build anything if you have no bricks or mortar no timber or saw. The dog brings the raw materials, it's up to you to determine what can be done with the delivered materials.
And just as one can't build a house any bigger than there are supplies for, one can't expect a dog to go any farther then what the truck came supplied with.
To iterate; quote, 'You can't put something in to a dog, but you sure can take a whole lot out.' end quote
You can not build anything if you have no bricks or mortar no timber or saw. The dog brings the raw materials, it's up to you to determine what can be done with the delivered materials.
And just as one can't build a house any bigger than there are supplies for, one can't expect a dog to go any farther then what the truck came supplied with.
This is so true, there is absolutely nothing I can do with Loki to create drive where it does not exist. I can encourage him and keep him more engaged by being lots of fun, but he is just not going to excel at anything but being really nice.
I miss having a dog with some drive. It was so much fun to compete with Nico and train with her to do new things. Even at her age if you give her a ball and/or a body of water and she lights up like the 4th of July.
And just as one can't build a house any bigger than there are supplies for, one can't expect a dog to go any farther then what the truck came supplied with.
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I'm guessing that there isn't necessarily a correlation, or a directly proportional relationship, between a dog's bite drive and its defensive drive?
Roger likes to bite just as much as any hardcore dog I've seen on YouTube but I have my doubts as to whether or not he would fight a human as opposed to running away.
Depends on what you are doing.... 'bite' drive as your describing it would most likely fall under prey drive, which is a far cry from fight/defensive drive.
I think the inability of most people in America to differentiate between a dog biting out of prey drive vs defensive is one of the reasons sports like Mondio or Sch aren't more popular.
You see the dogs doing Sch on videos and without a basic understanding you see scary attack dogs that are biting people.
You also have so many sources people find to be reliable that perpetuate myths like tugging will cause them to become aggressive and you should never let them win. If someone thinks Tugging is bad and aggressive there is zero chance they are going to explore Sch and the like.
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Yeah everyone I know says that I shouldn't be letting Roger win our tug battles, which frequently leave me with black-and-blue marks, scratches, and nicks from his teeth.
Then I ask them, "What would your dog do if an intruder entered your home?" Their answer is always "lick their face" or something along those lines.
Yeah everyone I know says that I shouldn't be letting Roger win our tug battles, which frequently leave me with black-and-blue marks, scratches, and nicks from his teeth.
IMO the dog quickly looses interest and intensity if it is never allowed to win. I wouldn't want to play a game I lost every time either.
Have you considered a larger or longer tug so he doesn't make so much contact with your hand/arm?
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